HAMILTON v. MATTHEWS

1920212.

619 So.2d 1385 (1993)

Eloise HAMILTON, as administratrix of the Estate of Mable Jones Matthews, deceased, v. Bedford MATTHEWS.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merceria L. Ludgood, Mobile, for appellant.

Ross Diamond III of Diamond, Hasser & Frost, Mobile, for appellee.


HOUSTON, Justice.

Bedford Matthews and Mable Jones Matthews were married on April 13, 1946. In 1961, they purchased the property at issue, as a homeplace. Title to the property was taken in the name of "Bedford Matthews and Mable Matthews, husband and wife ... as tenants in common with equal interests for the period or term they both shall survive, and upon the death of either of them, then to the survivor of them."

After 43 years of marriage, the Matthewses...

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